Born in 1897 in Staryi Kostiantyniv, Ben-Zion grew up in an observant Jewish home. His father, Hirsh Weinman, was a cantor ...

The Smithsonian museums: There are numerous (free) museums along the National Mall. Spend some time exploring history, art, ...

So there’s plenty of material to fuel a big exhibit such as the Maltz Museum’s Icons in Ink: The Jewish Comics Experience, ...

Join us for our heritage days as we celebrate Washington, D.C.'s vibrant international community at Nationals Park! Additional benefits are available for groups of 13 or more. Call 202.675.NATS (6287) ...

WASHINGTON — On every April 16, D.C. celebrates Emancipation Day, when President Abraham Lincoln freed thousands of enslaved people in D.C. This year, one group is making sure visitors remember the ...

Among the liquor store, barber shop and dry cleaners at the Watergate Complex’s retail plaza, there is a new pop-up museum dedicated to the scene of the crime that toppled Richard Nixon’s presidency.

The Daniel Libeskind–designed addition is an angled, blue steel-clad structure attached to a historic red brick power plant. (Kenny Louie/Wikimedia Commons/CC BY-SA 2.0) Libeskind dreamt up an angled, ...

Another major Jewish institution has collapsed – and the implications reach far beyond San Francisco. The Contemporary Jewish Museum (CJM) has closed and is selling its building. What was once a bold, ...

As antisemitic violence surges across the United States, from attempted synagogue attacks to killings in major cities, a growing number of Jewish Americans say they feel politically homeless, caught ...

Helicopter shot of Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. at sunset on a fall evening, looking over residential streets towards the U.S. Capitol Building, Supreme Court, and the National Mall - ...